Word: megamarathon
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There's doable, and there's 300 miles, roughly the distance from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia. The Karnazes megamarathon will require staying up for more than three days, not to mention the possibility of sleep running and hallucinating. "My curiosity is how far this human system can go," says Karnazes. "What is it really capable of?" His endurance is legendary in the ultramarathon community, a 12,000- to 15,000-strong collection of rabid overachievers. On the road to 300 Karnazes pursues a vampire-like training schedule, rising at 2 a.m. for 50-mile runs and then putting in a full...
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